First day of school

The first day of school is a big deal over here at the BCD house! It has been since the day I sent my first preschooler off for the very first time! This year was no differentand with all three of my littles off to school all at once I took full advantage of capturing this special day!

It wouldn’t be the first day of school without a fresh box of Crayola Sidewalk chalk! This has become our signature first day photo op and this year Charlie got in on the action!

Grab an iconic black board and a bistro chalk pen and create this super simple “first day of school ” sign.

I borrowed this vintage school desk from a good friend and and piled on the thrift store books to help create this fun little scene. I absolutely adore the way these turned out!

These frames from “Cut it Out” make the perfect personal sign. I create the printable and painted each unfinished frame keeping in mind what my girls outfits were and painting them a coordinating color.

I can not believe it’s back to school already for these little ones. These three will be all grown up sooner then we know it and I know I’ll treasure theses photos forever!

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“Good Morning America” came to my house to film a segment on “The first Day of School!” It was a day my whole family will never forget. The segment should air sometime this week so be sure to fan the Blue Cricket Design facebook fan page ! As soon as I know when it will air I will post details there! More details on my day with GMA to come!

In the mean time…

I created a FREE printable ready for you to download! Enjoy these ” First day of…” signs: Preschool through 12th grade! Please feel free to share and pin.

Comments

We have our first ‘official’ (he went half year last year) first day of preschool this coming Monday and I can’t decide what I want to do to start the tradition. I love the sidewalk chalk (since we do pictures like that already) idea. Thanks for the ideas!

TOO (I mean, THREE!) CUTE! Not only are your daughters adorable, I love your chalk titles! Our older daughter graduated college last year, and our younger daughter starts her first day of her second year of college tomorrow! And as always, I reminded her to take a first day of school photo for me! [sigh] The time does fly by too quickly…
Can’t wait to see you on GMA! How exciting!

REBECCA! I nearly got whiplash this morning when I heard your name on GMA! I was going about my biz and suddenly I hear it. It was so fun to watch you and your gorgeous girls on the TV after following your blog and working with you as a contributor.
YOU GO GIRL!!!! How fun!

Was that Cameron Mathison??? I’m new to your blog, and as I was scrolling through the shots of your beautiful daughters, I did a double take, and thought, “Is she married to HIM?”
He came into a salon on the Upper East Side that I was a manager in over 10 years ago, and none of us could speak correctly. I think one girl walked into a wall. I stuttered. We ignored all of the other clients, as we scrambled to help him. Sweet Lord he is gorgeous!

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